SOLUTION: Give an exact answer and an approximation to the nearest tenth. Below is a diagram of a water slide. How far is it along the ground from the end of the slide back to the base of th
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: Give an exact answer and an approximation to the nearest tenth. Below is a diagram of a water slide. How far is it along the ground from the end of the slide back to the base of the ladder that leads to the slide?
a = 16 ft (height)
c = 23 ft (hypotenuse)
b = This question is from textbook Introductory Algebra
You can put this solution on YOUR website! This is going be to form a right triangle. Thus, you can use the Pythagorean formula a^2+b^2=c^2
a and b are the sides and c is the hypotenuse
16^2=b^2=23^2
256+b^2=529
Subtract 256 from both sides
b^2=273
b=16.522
b=16.5
